Chapter Two
A young man stared with very dark brown hair stared at a young lady bundled up in a blanket on the floor, "My best friend.My father and I have traveled to may countries in search of things from "the country that used to be called Clefero" to Autozam in the great pursuit of knowledge of things past. Then we arrived in the country of Chol (Clow). and by mistake I found my first friend ever." He tucked the covers in better to keep the girl in white warm, "When my father died. You offered to me to stay in the palace, princess. You did not care about what King Touya said." A deep sigh, "I wish I did now. Instead I went on to a debate in Fahren insisting that I was a commoner and you were a princess that I could in good conscience live in the palace. When I returned to resume my father's work, you were always there. I should of known, Priest Yukito did. So when you came with a bento box lunch for me like you always did, what I unearth shattered your soul like a crystal scattering it across the universe. So I made a deal to save you." Timidly he moved her eye up in hope that she would wake. There was nothing there, none of the usual cheer or even the lovely green of her eye, "A seal with the Far Eastern Witch, she would find those to help me find your lost pieces of your soul, bring you back to life. There was also a price, that when you wake again you won't even know my face or who I am - we will be perfect strangers."
"You should get some sleep, Shaolan," a woman in an apron advised, "She will still be here in the morning."
"Sure. Thank you, Arashi, for letting us stay here. Not that I am intruding, I have not ever seen you smile."
"I have, that is why I married Sorata," she admitted a grave secret, "He does amuse me - in his own way."
"Okay smart ass," Aino looked as the wind wept the sand dunes, "Where in Hades have you place us?"
"Why blame me, Miss Sunblase? I have not done anything," Chronos gave a haunting smile or at least the semblance of one, "Yet."
"I just have a feeling you are responsible."
"Before you two kill each other," Sphene interrupted, "Shouldn't we find water and shelter?"
"Let us go that way," Chronos pointed left.
"I beg your pardon, little boy," Aino corrected, "I am the oldest one here, so I'm in charge." She pointed in the opposite direction, "We are going that way."
Sphene whispered to him, "What is between you two?"
"It is improper to inquire into the affairs of a lady," he replied trudging through the sand.
"Boy are you a kill-joy," Sphene fish-hooked the green-haired teen into a mile.
Across the biting sand dunes they trudged forward. By the time they were trying to describe the taste of said sand, Aino was cursing, "Dam that little freak, he tricked me into going this way. Well, he'll do no better."
"Hey! I think I see something!"
Aino glanced in the direction Sphene pointed, seeing a strange structure out of place in this immense desert with mountains of sand, "It's a mirage."
"Mirage or not, I'm going," Sphene proceeded to demonstrate that it was not a mirage by running right into the stone structure.
Chronos on seeing this was quite amused but did not show it, he headed in to see if he could find some water for Miss Sunblase. Inside he found it was like a tropical forest. He shouted, "Hey! You should see this."
"What? Other than me having sand where I didn't know sand could get?"
"Oh my god," Sphene gapped at the oasis, "Holy shit."
"Stop your gawking and face me," a female voice interrupting Aino gorging on the pools of fresh cool water, "You have two choices -either turn round and fight or get on your hands and knees." There stood a woman in black hair buns dressed in off-white linen, "And beg for mercy," she laughed, "I may be merciful." She grasped a sword very assured with herself, her ability to defeat them, and protect this temple that was strangely shaped - strange because if one had an aircraft it would be a five-pointed star inside a perfect circle.
"Do something," a whisper.
"You have trod on sacred ground," the girl with long braids insisted, "Fight me, infidel or run."
"I will not fight a lady," Chronos objected.
Sphene whispered, "Didn't you."
"Hohoho," the girl with the sword chuckled, "You are so intimidated that you're speechless - I am that good."
A scowl from Aino, she had little opinion of such strutting. On the other hand she disliked what Chronos did. He bowed giving her a flower he just picked about three seconds prior, "I am, miss, stuck by your grace. This orchid wilts in your sheer presence."
A fluster came she was ready to drop her weapon. A crackle of power, the girl nimbly dodged it. She pointed blaming him, "Playing on my emotions to get me unaware. I have powers aw well. Behold!" The tried at least three times to summon something by wishing on the pommel of her sword. Only on the fourth, came yawning a little thing about three- four inches tall with a turban. She then spent the next five minutes arguing with "Janni" to do her bidding. Aino releasing her powers much to Sphene's shock and amazement quickly solved this.
"Are you all right, miss," Chronos offered the girl his head. He also objected, "Miss Sublase, I do not believe you did that!"
The girl slapped away his hand, as Aino retorted to the green-haired boy, "Don't you be so high and mighty to me, young man. You're the one who was convinced that setting up some smoke bombs at the Eiffel Tower would be a great distraction while you burglarize the Louvre for me. You are a thief, little boy, act like one."
"Theives!" The girl and Janni reached their feet ready to continue, "You have not defeated me yet. I am Meylin, servant of the princesses of Chizeta."
"Please to meet you," Chronos bowed, " Miss Maylin."
"Pleased or not - you will be defeated by us."
"Um-er master," Janni interrupted, "Umm.one problem."
"What!"
Janni pointed to Sphene with her sword, "According to law, I must serve whoever has the sword, even if he has no ability to use it. I am sorry, ex- master."
"It looks like you have been defeated," Aino said as she demanded to get Janni back from Sphene.
A sigh, "I might as well who you the place. You did defeat me." Though pillared halls and corridors into the depths of the pyramid she led, "this place had been in Chizeta, since memory. I am its thirteenth guardian." She gestured to a long row of mummies set in their own little niches, "My place is here, until the riddle is broken."
"Um-what beautiful murals," the subject was quickly changed.
"Yes they are, I know them well," Maylin nodded, "They start here and end in the core of the pyramid. unfortunately nobody can read the writing, not even the most famous scholars."
"I can," Aino volunteered recognizing the symbols, "It's Nordic Runes."
"Strange thing to be in a pyramid."
"Is that an insult," Maylin demanded ready to another round sans sword. Still she was distracted by wanting to know, "What does these rooms say?"
"The Runes tell of a great sorcerer, his name is not mentioned in fear of his power," Aino summarized. She knew well that later this viewing would help her in deciding on telling Chronos to steal. She told basically what was written, "The sorcerer had a great family and many rivals. He feared what might happen so he set a test. He made a sword and broke it saying that only the one who could put it back together could lead his family. Many years passed, a foreigner by accident, touched the broken shards. the weapon was reformed. He wanted no part of that curse only the love of one of the family members, for they were soul mates. He tried to run way with her several times without success. He capitulated marrying twice into the family with his soul mate and the other with the strongest linage."
"That is disgusting!"
"Two wives?"
"That's immoral."
"It say here he learned in time to love them equally and his children by them more than life itself. He was willing to sell his soul and give up his life for them."
"And?"
"That is it," Aino answered as they stood in the empty central chamber.
"I wish there was more," Chronos said sadly, "I would love to meet one of that family."
"If wishes were fishes, I wouldn't ever go hungry." He sadly leaned against a panel, a creaking sound accrued and some gears turned.
"What have you done now!"
It was assumed that he had set off some ancient booby-trap, but instead the gears proceeded the appearance of two new characters. The first being a strange little cat sitting in the door way, licking his blue and yellow fur purring, "Plu. Plu. Plu. Plu." As for the second, a painting on the ceiling of a woman with long purple hair took human form and proceeded to land right on top of Chronos.
"What the."
"Hell?"
"Here am I? Who?" The woman blinked at the strange setting, "Daddy? Where am I? What year is it?"
"It is like an angel had fallen from heaven, "Chronos flustered.
"What a line, from a thief."
"I am so sorry," the woman in her 20's apologized, stood quite embarrassed, bowed, "I am ShieRhea."
"Nice to meet you."
"Yea, if you say so, who's this ragamuffin," Maylin pointed at the cat and of course that cat had to bite her finger in response.
"There, there," ShieRhea calmed him, giving the animal a name, "There, there, Hecate."
Night came, Sphene with Maylin on his arm trying to get back her sword inquired, "What is between you and Chronos?"
"I own him."
"Own him?"
"What do you mean, "own him?"
"Chronos' father is a mah-jongg addict. So much so he wagered his own son on a game. The 14K in Macao eventually called in his marker and collected."
"The 14K? As in gold," Maylin asked.
"No, Triads," Anio corrected, "He is very nimble with his fingers and was perfectly dove-tailed into being a sneak thief. I bought up his contract. Now he works for me."
"That's slavery!"
"Yes, it is," she replied, "But how else am I going to get all the domestic work done?"
"It isn't right!"
"I made dinner, Miss Sunblase," he cheerfully popped up with fabulous- looking dishes.
"I hope it isn't Cantonese like last time, little boy," Aino frowned as she was the first to put dinner before her, "You know I cannot tolerate spicy food."
"No it is not, Miss Sunblase," he replied placing dishes, "Here is some for you Sphene. You, Miss Maylin. And you, Miss ShieRhea."
"Thank you, Maioh," this lady smiled. Just by that smile his disappointment at impressing Miss Sublase magically evaporated.
Maylin asked, "How long have you known magic and roms?"
"Since I have known her," the green-haired boy said offering food fore "kitty" without success - this feline was too proud to be just "a kitty" and was quite suited for the noble bearing that ShieRhea exuded.
"As you know by now, I am in the stolen goods trade," the woman admitted adjusting her butterfly hair-clips and pushing away the food, "One of my best customers is a researcher in such things. He collects stories about the three great bogymen of wizardry."
"Bogymen?"
"Ghost stories."
"Like what?"
"Like cast an evil spell, do evil acts, so and so will get you." "The first being of course Merylin, founder of Stonehenge and Atlantis, once magician and wizard for some second-rate kings, killed by one of his lovers. The second, Clow Reed, a very perplexing fellow from what I could learn form my customer. Reed did in Tomeada District, Tokyo in 1899. His books and artifacts were lost.I would love to fine one. God, I could set my own price." A smiled came much to Chronos' delight, he lied it when pretty ladies smiled and said so. Anio being indiscrete as ever concluded with the third, "The last according to him was a member of the Li clan who went totally insane.and became a member of the SS in Nazi Germany - so he could kill every wizard, shaman, magician, and sorcerer he could lay his hands on. With plans to murder them all in Europe and then the world - that was his "final solution," magic had to go.then he would commit suicide."
"Nasi germany? What is that," both Maylin and ShieRhea asked very clueless, "What is SS?"
"Some very bad people who died out a very long time ago, "Sphene said deciding not to try to explain one of the most disastrous periods in human history.
While they talked into the night, a dark figure with a braid faced another, "Are you here to comment or interfere, Far Western Witch?"
"Why should I? You are the one with the plan."
"Then why are you here? See me justify myself to you? Why should I? You, the three other witches, Guru Clef, and others have the distinction of claiming to be reed's students. I do not have that much ego."
"So you say, you are the one being a traitor."
"Traitor, please," the figure with the braid snorted, "This is a dog-eat- dog would, the weak are food for the strong. Weaker people are food for the strong ones, weaker races to the stronger races, weaker nations to the stronger nations. It is a fact of nature."
"Social Darwinism."
"I don't know what you are talking about," the female figure said, "Fahren is weak - woe to any country that is ruled by a child. She couldn't even rename Cleferio."
"So you want to replace her? According to the strong gobbling up the weak."
"Of course, why do you ask?"
"Just for informational purposes," the Western Witch gave a smug smile and disappeared.
Supikun2001 Again. So far so good... First the profiles of new characters
Name: ShieRhea ("Shi" = Death, or blood. And "Rhea", in Grecco-Roman myths was the wife of Chronos) Nationality: A secret Age: Looks 20's but much older than she seems Height: 5'6" Hair: Long purple-brown hair set with two buns Eyes: Lovely Date of Birth: A secret Hobbies: sewing, getting lost easily (but not P-Chan lost) Powers: Undetermined Animal guardian: feline half yellow, half black (a combination of Kero and Suppi with his own personal problems) Personality: Kaho
Name: Maylin (A different pronouncing of "Melin" or "Meiling", which plays off of the month of "May" ) Nationality: Chizeta Age: 16 Height: Undetermined Hair: Black with two buns and two braids Eyes: Orange-red Date of Birth: undetermined Hobbies: glomping, being the best Powers: control of "Janni" Animal guardian: "Janni" Personality: Melin Li
Secondly, I might as well address some concerns from the prologue and first chapter:
The Far Eastern Witch, the one selling "wishes", the one that looked like the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland"= Hijiwara Yuuko from CLAMP's XXXHolic manga
"Him" "His" "He died in 1899" = Clow Reed from CLAMP's Card Captor Sakura
"the man with the sword" "the husband" "the one selling his soul" = the leader of the Li Clan (Card Captor Sakura), the great-grandfather of Li Sayaron in unfinished fan fiction that needs a major rewrite and is currently on hiatus.
Fan created characters - Aino, Chronos, and Sphene
Chronos Maioh. The first being Chronos, which is the Greco-Roman titan over time, the universe, and space. Maioh as "dark lord", that he has a dark part to him.
Aino Sunblase. "Love / Hope Sun Fire" could be based on the Clow cards Hope, Fire, and Keroberos' sun or Minako Aino, Sailor Venus
Sphene Lepidoptera. Sphene after the semi-precious gemstone of the same name, or Spinel Sun. Lepidoptera is Latin for the genius for butterflies and moths.
A young man stared with very dark brown hair stared at a young lady bundled up in a blanket on the floor, "My best friend.My father and I have traveled to may countries in search of things from "the country that used to be called Clefero" to Autozam in the great pursuit of knowledge of things past. Then we arrived in the country of Chol (Clow). and by mistake I found my first friend ever." He tucked the covers in better to keep the girl in white warm, "When my father died. You offered to me to stay in the palace, princess. You did not care about what King Touya said." A deep sigh, "I wish I did now. Instead I went on to a debate in Fahren insisting that I was a commoner and you were a princess that I could in good conscience live in the palace. When I returned to resume my father's work, you were always there. I should of known, Priest Yukito did. So when you came with a bento box lunch for me like you always did, what I unearth shattered your soul like a crystal scattering it across the universe. So I made a deal to save you." Timidly he moved her eye up in hope that she would wake. There was nothing there, none of the usual cheer or even the lovely green of her eye, "A seal with the Far Eastern Witch, she would find those to help me find your lost pieces of your soul, bring you back to life. There was also a price, that when you wake again you won't even know my face or who I am - we will be perfect strangers."
"You should get some sleep, Shaolan," a woman in an apron advised, "She will still be here in the morning."
"Sure. Thank you, Arashi, for letting us stay here. Not that I am intruding, I have not ever seen you smile."
"I have, that is why I married Sorata," she admitted a grave secret, "He does amuse me - in his own way."
"Okay smart ass," Aino looked as the wind wept the sand dunes, "Where in Hades have you place us?"
"Why blame me, Miss Sunblase? I have not done anything," Chronos gave a haunting smile or at least the semblance of one, "Yet."
"I just have a feeling you are responsible."
"Before you two kill each other," Sphene interrupted, "Shouldn't we find water and shelter?"
"Let us go that way," Chronos pointed left.
"I beg your pardon, little boy," Aino corrected, "I am the oldest one here, so I'm in charge." She pointed in the opposite direction, "We are going that way."
Sphene whispered to him, "What is between you two?"
"It is improper to inquire into the affairs of a lady," he replied trudging through the sand.
"Boy are you a kill-joy," Sphene fish-hooked the green-haired teen into a mile.
Across the biting sand dunes they trudged forward. By the time they were trying to describe the taste of said sand, Aino was cursing, "Dam that little freak, he tricked me into going this way. Well, he'll do no better."
"Hey! I think I see something!"
Aino glanced in the direction Sphene pointed, seeing a strange structure out of place in this immense desert with mountains of sand, "It's a mirage."
"Mirage or not, I'm going," Sphene proceeded to demonstrate that it was not a mirage by running right into the stone structure.
Chronos on seeing this was quite amused but did not show it, he headed in to see if he could find some water for Miss Sunblase. Inside he found it was like a tropical forest. He shouted, "Hey! You should see this."
"What? Other than me having sand where I didn't know sand could get?"
"Oh my god," Sphene gapped at the oasis, "Holy shit."
"Stop your gawking and face me," a female voice interrupting Aino gorging on the pools of fresh cool water, "You have two choices -either turn round and fight or get on your hands and knees." There stood a woman in black hair buns dressed in off-white linen, "And beg for mercy," she laughed, "I may be merciful." She grasped a sword very assured with herself, her ability to defeat them, and protect this temple that was strangely shaped - strange because if one had an aircraft it would be a five-pointed star inside a perfect circle.
"Do something," a whisper.
"You have trod on sacred ground," the girl with long braids insisted, "Fight me, infidel or run."
"I will not fight a lady," Chronos objected.
Sphene whispered, "Didn't you."
"Hohoho," the girl with the sword chuckled, "You are so intimidated that you're speechless - I am that good."
A scowl from Aino, she had little opinion of such strutting. On the other hand she disliked what Chronos did. He bowed giving her a flower he just picked about three seconds prior, "I am, miss, stuck by your grace. This orchid wilts in your sheer presence."
A fluster came she was ready to drop her weapon. A crackle of power, the girl nimbly dodged it. She pointed blaming him, "Playing on my emotions to get me unaware. I have powers aw well. Behold!" The tried at least three times to summon something by wishing on the pommel of her sword. Only on the fourth, came yawning a little thing about three- four inches tall with a turban. She then spent the next five minutes arguing with "Janni" to do her bidding. Aino releasing her powers much to Sphene's shock and amazement quickly solved this.
"Are you all right, miss," Chronos offered the girl his head. He also objected, "Miss Sublase, I do not believe you did that!"
The girl slapped away his hand, as Aino retorted to the green-haired boy, "Don't you be so high and mighty to me, young man. You're the one who was convinced that setting up some smoke bombs at the Eiffel Tower would be a great distraction while you burglarize the Louvre for me. You are a thief, little boy, act like one."
"Theives!" The girl and Janni reached their feet ready to continue, "You have not defeated me yet. I am Meylin, servant of the princesses of Chizeta."
"Please to meet you," Chronos bowed, " Miss Maylin."
"Pleased or not - you will be defeated by us."
"Um-er master," Janni interrupted, "Umm.one problem."
"What!"
Janni pointed to Sphene with her sword, "According to law, I must serve whoever has the sword, even if he has no ability to use it. I am sorry, ex- master."
"It looks like you have been defeated," Aino said as she demanded to get Janni back from Sphene.
A sigh, "I might as well who you the place. You did defeat me." Though pillared halls and corridors into the depths of the pyramid she led, "this place had been in Chizeta, since memory. I am its thirteenth guardian." She gestured to a long row of mummies set in their own little niches, "My place is here, until the riddle is broken."
"Um-what beautiful murals," the subject was quickly changed.
"Yes they are, I know them well," Maylin nodded, "They start here and end in the core of the pyramid. unfortunately nobody can read the writing, not even the most famous scholars."
"I can," Aino volunteered recognizing the symbols, "It's Nordic Runes."
"Strange thing to be in a pyramid."
"Is that an insult," Maylin demanded ready to another round sans sword. Still she was distracted by wanting to know, "What does these rooms say?"
"The Runes tell of a great sorcerer, his name is not mentioned in fear of his power," Aino summarized. She knew well that later this viewing would help her in deciding on telling Chronos to steal. She told basically what was written, "The sorcerer had a great family and many rivals. He feared what might happen so he set a test. He made a sword and broke it saying that only the one who could put it back together could lead his family. Many years passed, a foreigner by accident, touched the broken shards. the weapon was reformed. He wanted no part of that curse only the love of one of the family members, for they were soul mates. He tried to run way with her several times without success. He capitulated marrying twice into the family with his soul mate and the other with the strongest linage."
"That is disgusting!"
"Two wives?"
"That's immoral."
"It say here he learned in time to love them equally and his children by them more than life itself. He was willing to sell his soul and give up his life for them."
"And?"
"That is it," Aino answered as they stood in the empty central chamber.
"I wish there was more," Chronos said sadly, "I would love to meet one of that family."
"If wishes were fishes, I wouldn't ever go hungry." He sadly leaned against a panel, a creaking sound accrued and some gears turned.
"What have you done now!"
It was assumed that he had set off some ancient booby-trap, but instead the gears proceeded the appearance of two new characters. The first being a strange little cat sitting in the door way, licking his blue and yellow fur purring, "Plu. Plu. Plu. Plu." As for the second, a painting on the ceiling of a woman with long purple hair took human form and proceeded to land right on top of Chronos.
"What the."
"Hell?"
"Here am I? Who?" The woman blinked at the strange setting, "Daddy? Where am I? What year is it?"
"It is like an angel had fallen from heaven, "Chronos flustered.
"What a line, from a thief."
"I am so sorry," the woman in her 20's apologized, stood quite embarrassed, bowed, "I am ShieRhea."
"Nice to meet you."
"Yea, if you say so, who's this ragamuffin," Maylin pointed at the cat and of course that cat had to bite her finger in response.
"There, there," ShieRhea calmed him, giving the animal a name, "There, there, Hecate."
Night came, Sphene with Maylin on his arm trying to get back her sword inquired, "What is between you and Chronos?"
"I own him."
"Own him?"
"What do you mean, "own him?"
"Chronos' father is a mah-jongg addict. So much so he wagered his own son on a game. The 14K in Macao eventually called in his marker and collected."
"The 14K? As in gold," Maylin asked.
"No, Triads," Anio corrected, "He is very nimble with his fingers and was perfectly dove-tailed into being a sneak thief. I bought up his contract. Now he works for me."
"That's slavery!"
"Yes, it is," she replied, "But how else am I going to get all the domestic work done?"
"It isn't right!"
"I made dinner, Miss Sunblase," he cheerfully popped up with fabulous- looking dishes.
"I hope it isn't Cantonese like last time, little boy," Aino frowned as she was the first to put dinner before her, "You know I cannot tolerate spicy food."
"No it is not, Miss Sunblase," he replied placing dishes, "Here is some for you Sphene. You, Miss Maylin. And you, Miss ShieRhea."
"Thank you, Maioh," this lady smiled. Just by that smile his disappointment at impressing Miss Sublase magically evaporated.
Maylin asked, "How long have you known magic and roms?"
"Since I have known her," the green-haired boy said offering food fore "kitty" without success - this feline was too proud to be just "a kitty" and was quite suited for the noble bearing that ShieRhea exuded.
"As you know by now, I am in the stolen goods trade," the woman admitted adjusting her butterfly hair-clips and pushing away the food, "One of my best customers is a researcher in such things. He collects stories about the three great bogymen of wizardry."
"Bogymen?"
"Ghost stories."
"Like what?"
"Like cast an evil spell, do evil acts, so and so will get you." "The first being of course Merylin, founder of Stonehenge and Atlantis, once magician and wizard for some second-rate kings, killed by one of his lovers. The second, Clow Reed, a very perplexing fellow from what I could learn form my customer. Reed did in Tomeada District, Tokyo in 1899. His books and artifacts were lost.I would love to fine one. God, I could set my own price." A smiled came much to Chronos' delight, he lied it when pretty ladies smiled and said so. Anio being indiscrete as ever concluded with the third, "The last according to him was a member of the Li clan who went totally insane.and became a member of the SS in Nazi Germany - so he could kill every wizard, shaman, magician, and sorcerer he could lay his hands on. With plans to murder them all in Europe and then the world - that was his "final solution," magic had to go.then he would commit suicide."
"Nasi germany? What is that," both Maylin and ShieRhea asked very clueless, "What is SS?"
"Some very bad people who died out a very long time ago, "Sphene said deciding not to try to explain one of the most disastrous periods in human history.
While they talked into the night, a dark figure with a braid faced another, "Are you here to comment or interfere, Far Western Witch?"
"Why should I? You are the one with the plan."
"Then why are you here? See me justify myself to you? Why should I? You, the three other witches, Guru Clef, and others have the distinction of claiming to be reed's students. I do not have that much ego."
"So you say, you are the one being a traitor."
"Traitor, please," the figure with the braid snorted, "This is a dog-eat- dog would, the weak are food for the strong. Weaker people are food for the strong ones, weaker races to the stronger races, weaker nations to the stronger nations. It is a fact of nature."
"Social Darwinism."
"I don't know what you are talking about," the female figure said, "Fahren is weak - woe to any country that is ruled by a child. She couldn't even rename Cleferio."
"So you want to replace her? According to the strong gobbling up the weak."
"Of course, why do you ask?"
"Just for informational purposes," the Western Witch gave a smug smile and disappeared.
Supikun2001 Again. So far so good... First the profiles of new characters
Name: ShieRhea ("Shi" = Death, or blood. And "Rhea", in Grecco-Roman myths was the wife of Chronos) Nationality: A secret Age: Looks 20's but much older than she seems Height: 5'6" Hair: Long purple-brown hair set with two buns Eyes: Lovely Date of Birth: A secret Hobbies: sewing, getting lost easily (but not P-Chan lost) Powers: Undetermined Animal guardian: feline half yellow, half black (a combination of Kero and Suppi with his own personal problems) Personality: Kaho
Name: Maylin (A different pronouncing of "Melin" or "Meiling", which plays off of the month of "May" ) Nationality: Chizeta Age: 16 Height: Undetermined Hair: Black with two buns and two braids Eyes: Orange-red Date of Birth: undetermined Hobbies: glomping, being the best Powers: control of "Janni" Animal guardian: "Janni" Personality: Melin Li
Secondly, I might as well address some concerns from the prologue and first chapter:
The Far Eastern Witch, the one selling "wishes", the one that looked like the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland"= Hijiwara Yuuko from CLAMP's XXXHolic manga
"Him" "His" "He died in 1899" = Clow Reed from CLAMP's Card Captor Sakura
"the man with the sword" "the husband" "the one selling his soul" = the leader of the Li Clan (Card Captor Sakura), the great-grandfather of Li Sayaron in unfinished fan fiction that needs a major rewrite and is currently on hiatus.
Fan created characters - Aino, Chronos, and Sphene
Chronos Maioh. The first being Chronos, which is the Greco-Roman titan over time, the universe, and space. Maioh as "dark lord", that he has a dark part to him.
Aino Sunblase. "Love / Hope Sun Fire" could be based on the Clow cards Hope, Fire, and Keroberos' sun or Minako Aino, Sailor Venus
Sphene Lepidoptera. Sphene after the semi-precious gemstone of the same name, or Spinel Sun. Lepidoptera is Latin for the genius for butterflies and moths.